Baby had been held and rocked to sleep everytime in the womb and is accustomed to that care. Does that mean it's a habit we need to break? As an infant sleep educator we say No! That's False! Pacifiers, Holding, nursing, rocking baby down to sleep are 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬. Babies needs external comfort!! Babies do but have the developmental capabilities to turn off their stress responses. They need co-regulation from an attuned, regulated caregiver. Without assistance baby will stay flooded in stress hormones. As an #infantsleepeducator we understand that each time a neural pathways is activated it wires it in stronger. 𝐁𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞. Creating a foundation for heathy mental and emotional health for a lifetime. We recommend having multiple ways of soothing baby to sleep. It is when a baby will only go down one way (nursing for example) that the caregiver will experience burnout. As baby's sleep cycles, circadian rhythms and brain mature they will naturally need less assistance. I like the saying "𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶" and give them what the need now without worrying about the future. They won't need this support for long, so cuddle them, hold them and assist them to go to sleep. Their long term development thrives on this connection and comfort. #infantsleepeducation #beyondsleeptraining #gentleparenting #sleepconsultant #babyneeds #babyledsleepandwellbeingspecialist #saynotosleeptraining https://www.instagram.com/p/CAgbUMTnfRd/?igshid=ktjw0fw6ss0p
